The most common violation, and perhaps the easiest to spot, involves a 4-inch sphere. Why a 4-inch sphere? Think about the members of the community in your bleachers or your grandstands watching the game. Even the tiniest of fans come out to support their big brothers or big sisters. Read more…
Facility: Bath PreK-5 School – Bath Local Schools Architect: Garmann Miller Architects · Engineers – Minster, OH Construction Manager at Risk: Touchstone CPM, Inc. – Lima, OH Contractor: Charles Construction – Findlay, OH Students at Bath Elementary School occupied their new building on January 5, 2015. Farnham Equipment Company fulfilled the following specification sections for Read more…
As mentioned in Part 1, our primary focus in this series is the ICC 300-2012 which is available for download free. In this section, we’re going to discuss inspections and applicable definitions. Starting with Chapter 1: Section 105 Inspection: 105.1 Required installation and construction inspection states that after the Read more…
Farnham Equipment Company is pleased to be chosen to present Bleacher Safety, What’s Your Risk? at two conferences this fall: Ohio Public Facilities Maintenance Association’s Annual Conference & Trade Show and the Ohio School Board Association’s Capital Conference & Trade Show. Our presentation features a panel discussion with Moderator Read more…
Traditionally, when public facilities (i.e. school districts) wanted to undertake capital improvement projects in excess of $25,000, the project was required to go “out to bid”. This laborious process typically involved securing architectural services, designing the project, advertising, receiving bids and awarding contracts before any product procurement could take place. Read more…
Spring is finally here and before you know it school will be out, the halls will be empty and you’ll be preparing for the 2014-2015 school year. The football fields will start to fill up with practices and your gyms will be gearing up for volleyball season. And just Read more…
We recently noted a trend in our inspection reports that indicates a number of facilities do not utilize their Removable Front Row Aisle Steps. We’ve heard reasons that range from “we lost a step” to “the steps are heavy and a nuisance to take out and put back each Read more…
The start of the 2013-2014 school year is approaching fast – and for some is already here! As we ease out of the grandstands and into the gymnasium, it will be good to check out your telescopic bleachers and athletic equipment. Open and close everything to take a look Read more…
A Walk of Honor paves the way to the new Urbana University American Aluminum Seating Outdoor Visitors Bleachers, completed yesterday. The Urbana Blue Knights invited the community and alumni to purchase engraved bricks to pave the walkways of the entrance to the stadium to raise money to purchase the new outdoor bleachers. FEC worked Read more…
Guest Author, Travis Thompson of the Ohio School Plan I was attending my first high school baseball game of the spring last week when something caught my eye. Another family was there watching their oldest son play. Their twin boys, age three, were entertaining the crowd like all three year Read more…